Ugh. Mine were all told at an early age that doing their own piercing or getting a tattoo before they are able to support themselves means they obviously have enough money to pay for a doctor visit (without the cushion of insurance paying part of the bill) and for testing for every known disease that can be transmitted via blood/bodily fluids to include but not limited to tetanus, HIV, hepatitis A, B and C, and any other disease the doctor can think to test for. The pediatrician we saw at the time gave a list of about ten different things and the cost of all the lab work was close to five grand. So with-o that in hand, they had better NOT come home with a piercing or tattoo. I don't really care about hair color or style or lack of. Piercings only bother me because risk of infection. tattoos? As a teen they wind up being a permanent reminder of how much you didn't know yourself, at least for what MY kds would have tattooed on themselves.
Even Wiz still believes he would need to be tested for a lot of things if he got a tattoo or piercing. Part of it is that he doesn't want them and hates needles. The other part? He isn't sure if my mom would follow through, push me to follow through, or would see it as a sign he is ready to move out and give hm a move out date. She is afraid he won't ever move out, and he will be a senior next year. LOL. NOT my problem, and I am NOT givng her too much help because in my opinion it is not my fight. she blocked me out of these decisions for years and NOW she wants help? I don't think it works that way.
Jess was talking about tattoos yesterday. Said she doesn't want one because each time she thinks she wants something tattooed, she has written down what it is and within two months she thnks it is the dumbest thing she ever thought of. God Bless that girl,lol!
thank you? Not sure. He is my wild card. Common sense is sometimes operational, sometimes not in the universe he lives in, Know what I mean??
But they are ALL still afraid of why my reaction to a tattoo or piercing would be. And honestly? As long as it isn't someone's name, esp mine, and they are adults, it isn't my problem.
Untl they are adults? Oh heck no, at least on tattoos. mostly they worry about how I would remove a piercing. Gives evil laugh now.